Alarm attachment for baling-presses



(No Model.)

J. L. HALL.

ALARM ATTAGHMENTPOR BALING PRESSES. No. 322,926. Patented July 28, 1885..

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. JOHN L. HALL, OF COLONY, KANSAS.

ALARM ATTACHMENT FOR BALlNG-PRESSES.

EEPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,926, dated July 28,1885.

Application filed September 19, 1884. Renewed June 29, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN L. HALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Colony, in the county of Anderson and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Alarm Attachments to Baling- Presses; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a side elevation of my improved wheel, showing the adjustable peripheral plates extended to increase the circumference of the wheel; Fig. 2, a similar view, with one of the disks forming the side of the wheel removed to show the interior construction thereof, the peripheral plates being shown in dotted lines as extended, and Fig. 3 an inner side view of the removable disk.

The present invention has relation to that class of baling-presses for which a patent was granted to me July 15, 1884, No. 301,883, and in which an alarm was provided operated by a wheel brought in frictional contact with the material passing through the press. This wheel was rotated or revolved by its periphery coming in contact with the moving mass of material as it passed through the press, and as the wheel completed its revolution, by suitable mechanism the alarm would be sounded. The circumference of the wheel governed the length of bales, and to make a shorter or longer bale it was necessary to remove the wheel and replace it with another of less or greater circumference, as required.

To avoid the necessity of removing wheels and substituting others, as above described, is the purpose and object of my invention,which consists in providing a wheel that is capable of having its circumference increased or diminished at pleasure without removing it from the press, as will be hereinafter described.

The wheel consists of two disks, A B, of metal or other suitable material, and of any desirable thickness and diameter, and preferably provided with a hub extending from one of its outer sides. The disk A is cast or otherwise provided with a circular and central plate, a, and pins b, the plate keeping the two disks sufficiently apart to form a space for the adjustable plates 0, said plates being held between the disks bythe pins 1) entering perforations through the inner extremities thereof, thus forming a pivotal connection for each plate. On a line with the perforations in the plates 0 are elongated slots 0, disposed lengthwise of the plates, in which enter the pins (1 on the inner side of the disk B and near the periphery thereof. The two disks are connected together by screws e, passing through elongated slots f in the disk B and entering screwthreaded holes 9 in the plate a of the disk A.

When the pivoted plates 0 are in position, as shown in full lines, Fig. 2, the wheel is contracted to its smallest circumference described by the periphery of the disks A B.

When it is desired to increase the circumference of the wheel, in order to make bales of different or greater length, the screws 6 are loosened, and the disk B turned in the proper direction, which, by means of the pins dthereon engaging with the slots 0, will cause the plates 0 to be extended to a greater or less degree, as in Fig. 1, and in dotted lines, Fig. 2. The circumference of the wheel is thus increased or diminished to any degree necessary to make a larger or smaller bale, a hollow shaft, h, extending from the inner side of the disk A, which passes through a central hole, 2', keeping the two disks in relative position, and allowing the disk B to be turned on its axis to operate the plates 0.

I do not desire to confine myself to any particular form of plates 0, or the manner of connecting and holding them between the two disks; neither do I wish to be understood as limiting my invention to the means shown for operating them, the entire construction of the wheel being susceptible to various modifications and changes, so long as the object sought is attainedviz., that of providing a wheel for the alarms of baling-presses, in which its circumference may be increased or diminished without the necessity of removing the wheel and substituting others.

This being the aim and .purpose of my invention, it is evident that the construction shown, although considered themost practical, may be changed at pleasure without departing from the principle of my invention, so long as the circumference of the wheel is capable of adjustment, as hereinbefore referred to.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A wheel for the alarms of baling-presses, provided with means, substantially as described, for increasing or diminishing the periphery or circumference of the wheel, for the purpose set forth. 7

2. A wheel for the alarms of bailing-presses, consisting of two disks and a series of adjustable plates held between them, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. A wheel for the alarms of baling-presses, consisting of two disks and a series of pivoted plates held between the disks, and means for extending or projecting the plates beyond the periphery of said disks, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. In a wheel for the alarms of baling-presses, the combination, with two disks connected together, one of which is provided with pins upon its inner side and adapted to turn upon its axis, of a series of pivoted plates held between said disks and having elongated slots, in which the pins upon the disk enter, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN L. HALL.

Witnesses:

J. 0. SMITH. I. H. KASBEER. 

